What’s the mood, doode? How ya’ feelin’? Why is it all real G’s drop their G’s on their gerunds? G-dropping as non-G’s call it. That keeps me up at night. Failing to rank at first Tyson Ross in my top 100 starters doesn’t. It was a mistake on my part, and I corrected it before we got out of February. I ranked him. Snafu less afu’d than it could’ve been. I still probably didn’t rank him high enough. They have no award for that. Trophies, trophies. This is like Gangsta Deep Thoughts on Def Poetry Jam. Stop me from going up like a crescendo. This is not a love song. This is “What Tyson Ross has done so far this year” song. That is not as catchy. They don’t play that on KDay. His ERA is at 2.93 after a complete game shutout where he struck out 9 and only allowed 3 baserunners. His K-rate is 8.6, walk rate is 3.2 and xFIP is 3.16. Clap, pause for a sip of Olde E, clap. I paused for a sip of the brew on his walk rate, if you’re uptake is slow. His away ERA is 4.18. Well, you had me convinced you were more than a Hodgepadre there for a moment. Nice trick, Copperfield. Ross is owned in 51% of ESPN leagues, which is stoopid, but since I only own 12,000 ESPN teams to collect some software. Virtual trophies, virtual trophies. I can only do so much. Yes, he should be owned, but he’s a lot safer in Petco. No dur. And I bow. And I just hit my head on my desk. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

Everth Cabrera – To the DL. Guess the Padres didn’t want to waste any time calling up Nadir Bupkis. He’s got a solid bat when compared to other Padres prospects, but he’s also 34 years old. On a serious note, I know Rudy doesn’t harbor all wrongs that other people do to him like I do, but little does he or you know that I harbor wrongs done to him too. There was a crackerjack assortment of voices in the preseason badmouthing his projections and ranking of Everth. They kept saying it was way too low. Those people *fingers to mouth like Keyser Soze* poof, gone.

Raul Ibanez – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 4th homer, and first for the Royals. Well, first homer for the Royals in eleven years. Last time Ibanez hit a home run for the Royals I sent a text from my Motorola flip phone to Rudy saying, “Ibanez sounds like an Apple product that lets you listen to music from a Mexican restaurant’s bathroom.”

Jarrod Dyson – 2-for-4, 1 RBI and his 13th steal. The Court Jester of SAGNOF! Don’t let his raggedy old, oversized jacket and painted on sad face fool you, Dyson brings join everywhere he goes. As long as you’re not waiting on him to pick up his hat. Stop kicking it already!

Jason Vargas – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks vs. the Twins, lowering his ERA to 3.32. Solid matchup to stream Vargas yesterday, but the Stream-o-Nator‘s kinda meh on his next start vs. the Rays. But I’d raise that meh to an ‘it’s okay’ and go for it if I needed it.

Victor Martinez – Out again Wednesday. Damn, the Zombino is having trouble getting out of his dirt casket in the morning.

Justin Verlander – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks vs. the A’s. Not bad, but just about as boring of a start you can get for a win. I’ll say he got the Yawin. Portmanteau, ftw!

Austin Jackson – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI. “Okay, so I was watching sports highlights in my room, as I’m wont to do, and I just saw the season started.” That was Austin Jackson prior to this game.

Torii Hunter – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs. First multi-hit game since he battled hamstring issues. He’s been pretty middling this year, but maybe with V-Mart sidelined, there was some extra brain custard in the fridge for Torii to chomp on and get his Zombino going.

Jesse Chavez – 5 IP, 5 ER. I could’ve sworn the Regression Fairies already had a go at Chavez. You know if you experiment with the Regression Fairies enough, you’re not really experimenting anymore. Cust kayin’.

Coco Crisp – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 7th homer, then he was replaced late in the game by Gentry and I had a serious visit from DLzebub. That’s a new glossary term, by the by. Use it with your mates.

Khris Davis – Expected back Friday. I didn’t win the $435 million Powerball, but this is a close second on the prayer scale.

Wily Peralta – 6 IP, 4 ER, 12 baserunners, 4 Ks, raising his ERA to 3.35. Don’t really love Peralta. His K-rate is pretty Porcelloian and his walk rate isn’t as purdy, then throw in the long balls he coughs up like he’s a nurse in an old age home that is on hernia duty, and it’s not great.

Juan Francisco – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 13th homer. It’s been an Urban Dictionary minute (which is actually a long time) since Francisco hit a homer, but he usually gets them in bunches like Mr. Chiquita Banana so there’s that.

Edwin Encarnacion – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 26th homer. I went over a really too far in advance 2015 top 10 on yesterday’s TV on the Radio. His Truly was mentioned. His Truly is Edwin.

Gregory Polanco – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. He makes me drool a little every time I write his name, then again, I’m typing with my tongue. What, weird?

Jordy Mercer – 3-for-3, 1 run. He cooled off pretty dramatically since his hot schmotato run about ten days ago, and he’s batting eighth in front of the pitcher. Take two and pass.

Charlie Morton – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, lowering his ERA to 3.30. Stream-o-Nator called this as a nice delicate flower to stream, but says Morton isn’t worth his salt in the next one.

Mike Olt – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer. Real shame that he can’t get everyday playing time. I mean, it’s the Cubs. You’d think they’d give him a shot. I get that he’s a llama, but he’s young and do the Cubs really need to see what Luis Valbuena can do? A shame, isn’t it? Not a shame, a problem, Ghetto Bastard.

Justin Ruggiano – 3-for-6, 5 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Cubs ain’t gonna get a lot of hot schmotato love as long as they’re platooning their entire team. A’s platooning makes sense, they’re contending. Cubs platooning is just baffling. Never gonna get any feel for their players if they bench them every other game. Okay, I’m getting a nose bleed being up on this soap box, gonna get down now.

Nate Schierholtz – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. Member how I said two days that he still had a lot of homers left in his bat for the year? Okay, you don’t need to remember. Just grab him.

Mookie Betts – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Aw sookie Mookie now! I said aw sookie Mookie now! We really should have a video clip of Dusty Baker, sucking on his toothpick, then removing it to say, “Aw, sookie Mookie now!” That would make my life. Wrap up this party, Cougs, my life is complete!

Brock Holt – 3-for-6, 2 runs, hitting .322 on the year. He’s not walking multiple times in a game but he’s been prettttay prettttay good.

Brad Boxberger – 1 IP, 0 ER, 2 Ks and the save. Got the save yesterday for the Rays because he showed an elderly person how to turn their iPhone camera around so they could take a selfie.

Jake Odorizzi – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, also with the Yawin, raising his ERA to 4.18. He would’ve stayed in for the Quality Start but Maddon didn’t like how Odorizzi sent an email to his entire team and didn’t BCC everyone. Don’t Reply All unless you want the wrath of Grey!

Ben Zobrist – 3-for-5, 1 run. Seems like Zo is having a hard time putting together an extended hot streak, but maybe if we form a prayer hexagon we can change that.

Logan Forsythe – 2-for-5, 2 runs. Two words: Hot schmotato. Three words: He is hot. Four words: For serious, doode, c’mon. Five words: What, you don’t like hot? Six words: Hump me while playing R. Kelly. Seven words: I thought last one was “Sex words.”

Brett Gardner – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, hitting .288 and 15 steals on the year. Okay, so I love him. Leave me alone. He’s having a quietly productive season! What can I say? I like modesty in my ballplayers. And I say ballplayers like I’m an 85-year-old man.

Brian McCann – 2-for-4 and his 10th homer, hitting .224, which is as bleh as it sounds. I just wanted to point out that he hit third with Ellsbury out of the lineup for being “beat up.” Talk about a team’s lineup collapsing when one guy is out. Yikes. In this game, McCann and Guyer were the two three-hole hitters. Together, they couldn’t even McGuyer a Swiss Army knife out of two blades and a can opener.

Leonys Martin – 2-for-4, 1 RBI. He’s been so yawnstipating to own this year. Oh well, Siri, set an iCal reminder for a Leonys sleeper post for 2015. “Sorry, Grey, there are no Linus sleeping posters in your area.”

Jordan Walden – 1 IP, 0 ER. Got the save because Kimbrel had gone three days in a row. There should be a glossary term for that panic that washes over you when your closer doesn’t come in for the save, only to realize he had gone three days in a row. Please suggest in the comments.

Chris Johnson – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs. Hasn’t done a whole lot power or speed-wise and won’t, but he has been swinging a bit of a hot bat recently. Lukewarm schmotato!

Eric Young Jr. – 2-for-4, 1 run and his 22nd steal. He was finally moved up to the leadoff spot. Scary how long that took. Not even kidding scary. Like your woman when you say she doesn’t look good in any outfit scary.

Tom Koehler – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, lowering his ERA to 3.48. I own him and that ERA is shocking to me. Every time I go to the bathroom and I see the name of my toilet, I think of Koehler. He’s one of those guys that is solid for NL-Only leagues where you start just about everyone (where I own him), but in mixed leagues I wouldn’t trust him.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. Pardon the Salty language, but it’s been effin’ miserable owning him this year. He does have two homers in the last four games, and has been known to binge.

Adrian Gonzalez – Didn’t start yesterday with a neck injury. He’s day-to-day. Clint Robinson (0-for-3) started in his place, and he might be the baseball player with the most basketball-sounding name. Maybe he’ll mistakenly hit a few between the right and center fielders for the alley oops.

Hanley Ramirez – Sat out again and the Dodgers said they will make a decision on Thursday to DL him. Hanley, never one to pass up a nice extended break, probably goes to the DL. You read it here first! (Assuming you didn’t read it anywhere else prior.)

Doug Fister – 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks. And if you insist on knowing the Fist, I’ll tell you this. (Because your Fist) your Fist is on my list. Because your Fist is what I miss when I turn out the light. You know the Fist, the Fist, I can’t resist.

Tyler Skaggs – 7 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks as he returned from the DL. His peripherals look similar to Koehler, so now when I go to the bathroom I’ll think of him too.

Josh Hamilton – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer, and his 2nd homer in as many days. He’s so overdue it’s as if he mailed it in two years ago. Only he mailed it like when you send someone a letter without postage, but put their address in the return address area so it’s ‘returned’ to them.

John Danks – 7 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 10 Ks. Oh. That’s nice. How about a little further down my back? Danks is usually than, no thans as he lacks Ks, and this game aside, he’s still been like that for the majority of the year. “Why can’t the year be a minority?!” Sorry, Sister Souljah.

Chris Young – 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners, 8 Ks, and a 3.11 ERA. That’s nice, I don’t buy it at all. We’re just waiting for the other shoe to drop and because Chris Young is seven-feet tall it’s taking longer.

Dustin Ackley – 3-for-4. Now has back-to-back games of three hits. This year, he’s been off the charts egregious, Jackie Chiles, and had been 0-for-20 prior to two games ago, but he shouldn’t be this awful, so I’d be a cyclops with a monocle on him.

Logan Morrison – 1-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs. After his two-homer game on June 23rd, I said something like guys rarely hit two homers and don’t get hot. And that’s me paraphrasing me! He’s now hit in every game since then, except for one. I nearly picked him up, but I have Hosmer, Cron and a bunch of other corner infidel crizzap, so I didn’t, but I could see it if you’re struggling.

Dallas Keuchel – Expects to make his start on Friday. Houston, we don’t have a problem! See what I did there?

Marwin Gonzalez – 2-for-3 and his 4th homer and 2nd homer in the last three games, and batting over .300 in the last week. Four homers is the most homers, Marwin has hit in a professional season, dating back to 2006, so while Marwin sounds fun, almost like Elmer Fudd is calling him, there’s not much here.

Enrique Hernandez – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. Or Kike Hernandez as he prefers to be called. Yes, his nickname is Kike. His nickname comes from his father who suffered from Tourette’s Syndrome. Beats being his brother, Goddammitcockdoodyhead Hernandez.

@J-FOH: its amazing that they print his name as Kike and there is no press on it. If his nickname was the N word, or even the S word (Sp_c), there would be all sorts of ESPN national outrage. Who says Jews control da media?

@costaricanchata: I’ll raise my left hand and admit my mistake. I fell asleep during the 8′ minute of their match with Greece on Sunday trying to pronounce all of the “andopapopolus’s” and just assumed they lost. Congrats. Anythehoo, if you really like Street that much then trade for him (I believe that was your initial question). Nice pic J-FOH.

Haha. I noticed I was the first commenter in that link to the Joe Mauer “schmotato” article.

I’d like to revise my comment about joe Mauer being a “one stat guy – average.” I was wrong. He has clearly become a O stat guy, and has been found wanting in every stat this season. I stand corrected.

Also – can’t believe I dissed Giancarlo! I ended up drafting him in the third round of my rcl and he’s been a golden god this year. I think my reasoning behind him being overrated and slightly one dimensional was due to the putrid offense around him and all the niggling injuries he seem to get last season.

If you see him Grey, please break your restraining order and apologize to him for me. Thanks.

Who would you rather have going forward Hosmer or Utley? Seems like an obvious answer, but with both sputtering to get anything going of late, it is possible that one would not want anything to do with either of them.

@J-FOH: thanks for the clarification. I remember you mentioned scott van slyke a few weeks ago as a good batty call candidate. I decided to grab him for the Dodgers series @ Corrs against all lefties (now Chacin is injured). No Brainer, right?

By the way, I typed Chacin and my smartphone auto corrected it to “chafing” which is kind of ironic, considering his fraying rotator cuff.

@Dominican Power: Bumgarner has a better K/9, but all the other peripherals between the two are extremely comparable. If you need Mesoraco’s bat then I’d do it, but temper your expectations on him going forward.

I hear ya on Wily Peralta, have had him on team past two years. I am a heat addict and Wily brings the heat. I have trouble dropping guys that throw gas…or “Gas Mastersons” as the Eck would say. Guess that is why I have Eovaldi, Peralta, Verlander (who has lost about 3 or 4 mph and am not sure if he has heat anymore, but he seems to get stronger as seasons progress) and my favorite pitcher in baseball, Rubby DeLaRosa (Pawsox for now…how do they keep him there for long with Peavy, Buchholz and Workman in the rotation?). I start them all the time no matter who they are playing – heat addict.

I was worried when Robertson didn’t come out for the save but it turns out Kelley was just a Sub-Fearo. Luckily Robertson was just put on ice and not a fatality. Next save opportuniy, he should be able to Finish em!

Glossary Term: Wet Tail……when my daughter was around 3 she had a hampster that died of wet tail (yes that is a sickness that hampsters die from). Ever since then when ive gotten that queezy feeling, like a bout of soupy poopie was coming on,I have referred to it as Wet Tail….for obvious reasons.

Hey Grey good stuff as always…
Yovani Gallardo was recently dropped in my H2H pts. league. Should I add him over any of my other mediocre pitchers? I have Heaney, Wheeler, Eovaldi, Gausman, Stroman, Leake and Duffy. Thanks

@Peter Nincompoop: Its not all mediocre, also have Kershaw, (king) Felix, & Teheran keeping me in 1st…. I still have hope for Heaney and I think Gausman will be good long term and Leake has an inticing 2 start week coming up so I’m a bit CONFUSED!
I am Ron Burgundy??

@your mom: I don’t think he’ll keep up the pace he’s been on the past two weeks, but Seager is a top-5 third basemen so far this year and will be in the keeper discussion depending on how many your league allows you to hold onto. If you need the bat, I’d go with your gut and deal away Cueto.

@Peter Nincompoop: It’s a 20 team h2h league (keep 8). my keepers would be tulo, j. up, bruce, gardner, cueto, ryu, rosenthal, heaney(?). currently rolling with castellanos/freese at 3b and seager would be an obvious upgrade there. Thanks for the help.

Is there any reason or gimmer of hope in holding on to Martin Prado? Im in a 10 team and he is clearly my weakest link. I see he is about 98 percent owned still. So I tell myself they know something I dont.
Help!

Was offered Blackmon for Polanco AND Marte. I do have Yelich stranded on the DL, so I am wondering if it is worth the price? I also have Bruce and K. Davis in OF so really don’t want to drop anyone. OF would be Blackmon, Yelich, Davis and Bruce after the trade. Worth it?

I went through Marine Boot Camp with Goddammitcockdoodyhead Hernandez. A fine young man. Had like a 33 inch vertical. We called him “The Stain”. A good dude if a bit buck-toothed. I heard he married his high school sweetheart, Angie.

I own Crush in a keeper, really cheaply. I can’t really trade him and it seems crazy to drop him(right?). Should I try and make a move for a more expensive Adams?
Cron and Teix are both available. Would you add either or just hold w Davis for ROS? Any upside over Davis w those 3?

Since the term has to do with the fear you have, I like tri-pidation, but how about just “Tri-pping”? As in, “What’s this, Clippard’s coming into the ninth with Nats up 3-2? Where’s Soriano? What happened?” “Dude, calm down. You’re tri-pping.” “Oh, I get you. Thanks for the heads up.”

I have a choice between two trades in a 12-team mixed 5×5 keeper league. I’d be keeping either Donaldson or Rizzo from these trades, and I’m currently in fourth. Details:

* I’m first in saves in the league by about 15 right now, and I have four guys getting saves (Britton, Allen, Robertson, Putnam, plus Grilli).
* My CI guys are Napoli, Morneau, P. Alvarez, and A. Craig (he’s been OF for me). We have 1B, 3B, UT, and IF spots in my league.
* Two trade options: my Morneau, Britton, and Putnam for his Rizzo and Benoit OR my Alvarez and Britton for his Donaldson and Gregerson (could push for Duke or Watson instead).

I have a dreaded catcher question. As far as anybody knows, is Wilin Rosario healthy and capable of being his 2013 self in the 2nd half? I’m being offered Wilin and LaRoche (Mr. 2nd Half himself) for Mesoraco. Feels like a great sell high to me, as long as Rosario rebounds a bit. Thoughts?

I’m pretty of behind in pitching, (bottom 3 in Ks and wins) so I’m trying to grab any and all starters I can. I already have MadBum, Fister, Cashner (DL), Shields, Arrieta, Kazmir, Wood, Samardzija and Keuchel. Would you drop one of Rajai or Taveras for Ross or should they make a Hoarders episode on me with pitchers?

Similar to the inclenation of spouses to cheat on eachother after a 7 year period, then often return to faithfulness after the brief transgression, The Braves merely had a “three game itch” with their overused, tired, familiar closer. He’ll be back getting saves for our clubs and often the relationship can grow even stronger. No need to panic over an all too common “3 Game Itch”.

I need pitching depth on my team. Not that I do not have good SP (Lee, zimmermann, Lester, Samadja, Beckett, Hughes and Walker), but the other teams that look like they are playoff bound have better SP (not by a huge margin, but better).

I should easiy slide in as a 3 or 4th place team in the regular season (so make the 6 team playoffs). So i am eyeing up prduction down the strech. Should I stashe and potentially play any of the following guys:

Liriano looks like he has the most upsie, but Kuroda was lost to start the season and looks like he is back in form (well historical form for him minus a small step back in aging), Masterson is a mess half the time and a beast the othe half, Colon is fat and old but still pitching well, Worley could be the next guy fixed by pittsburg and he had an amazing half season with philly when he first added the cutter, Tomlin has the best raw stats there this season, McCarthy is historically unlucky, and guthrie has been a fringe own guy all season.

Some middle pack SP prospects are available too- Zimmer, Ranudona, Barnes, Cole, Harvey…. there likely are a few around that level i did not notice, but the guys clearly obove that are long gone (Bradley, Snydergaard, ect). So i could stashe one if they are likely to make the rotation later this season.

Grey, awesome write up – if you can pull together the Dusty/Mookie montage, I will submit you for a Pulitzer.

14 team roto keeper – been offered Keuchel/Koji for Wacha. I’m in the hunt, already have Felix, Strasburg, Lee and thinking Wacha is going to be an issue the rest of the year and possibly go forward. Which side do you like?

I still do not truely trust eithe rKeuchel or Koji, but i would take it.

Koji is SAGNOF…. he is old and really still not used to much more than 40-45 innings per season. Combined, i see when things go bad, i think he will totally blow up, and i think it will happen this season, but still an elite closer until that day.

Keuchel has been great, and would slide in as your 4th SP, and would be money for a 4th SP.

I would veiw it as spreading risk from one guy to two since they are both not far off in value to wacha.

Hey Grey, great stuff as always. I’d like your take on the long term viability of a player. I’ve had Goldschmidt and Jose Abreu on my team all season. I’m in a keeper league that allows 6 keepers. I feel the time might be now to move one for another piece. Who do you like better long term (I.e. Years)?
Our league is also considering adding a UTIL spot next season. Would you suggest simply holding Abreu for that added spot?

Abreu has more raw power, but no speed to speak of. Abreu also carries the risk that teams will figure out how to pitch him, or shift to defeat his swing. If that happens, we are looking at Chris Carter.

goldy- the speed and sb are not going to be there much longer. He was never a true speedster, more an above average runner with good instincts. the instincts will not go away, but if he loses half a step he will not be able to snag bases anymore. There is also the risk that the team will stop giving him the green light to keep him healthy. Take away the sb, and he is still a top 2 1b, but not a top 5 overall anymore (i would take him sans the sb at the mid to late 1st round instead of 3-5th overall last season).

I think they are both the same age, and with Goldy you simply have a more proven commodity.

i would look to swap abreu for another 1st or 2nd round talent that is about the same age. Basically McCutchen would be my first target, but i would settle for Adam Jones.

With Arenado back, trying to trade for a SP either Arenado, P. Alvarez, Chisenhall, Marte or Torii Hunter.
At the moment, I have no takers, and this means I will carry 2 bench spots, which I normally don’t like.
Should I continue to offer the trade to someone and carry 2 bench spot, or drop one of the mentioned players?
One trade I am pushing is: Hunter + Melancon for Wilson + Qualls. I would drop a low tier SP. What you think? Thanks for your input.

heyward- in a 10 team league with 3 OF slots, he is only a boarderline start. So let him walk.
Rizzo- depends. He would be a boardline start at 1b, but if you have any util slots, he gains more value. I would keep at 16.
Springer- 7 is a steal, even if he does not progress much more, you have a top 25 OF for under 10 bucks. That plays, and sets you up to have extra cash to spread around.
Rendon- depends on bench depth and FA available. He is another boarderline starter in a 10 team league. the deeper the bench the more value a $10 starter has. you have to remember coming out of Rice he was viewed as a beast, and i think he still has more power upside to come.
Harper- steal at that price.
Blackmon- gamble to keep, but for a buck yes please. He was another elite prospect that just took way longer to really develop, so i do not think this season is all smoke and mirrors, just a late bloomer, and maybe a little luck. If he keeps this up next year, you have a really cheap OF1/2 if not, it is only a buck.
Pujols- 30 is high, and if you keep rizzo (a better player at this point), he is cuttable unless you love the price.
Ellsbury- already have 3 OF i would keep, but 27 is about right for him, so if you are afraid of inflation on his price, i would entertain keeping.
Latos- depends on the love of pitching, 15 for a SP2 is about right, but inflation if a lot of SP gets kept could be big. Same boat as ellsbury, it depends on what is kept by others. If there are a lot of elite young SP kept for next to nothing (like your blackmon keep), the value of older 2nd SP will sky rocket.
Peralta- I do not beleive in what he is doing this season, but if he keeps it together all season, a buck is a good price for a SP5 type.
Tulo- this is the real wild card. Injury history says sell sell sell, the numbers this year says that that is 20 bucks too cheap (assuming standard 260). I think this becomes a keep simply from a value angle. at 38 it is a real steal.

i think that was everyone- harper, springer, rizzo, tulo, blackmon are keeps, rendon, ellsbury, latos and peralta are maybe, and heyward and pujols are dumps.

How about “turtle head” as in almost crapping one’s self. “Pull back the turtle head on Walden’s save, Kimbrel went the last three nights in a row and just needed some rest.” Or, ” I turtle headed when I saw Walden’s save.”

1. would you take Arenado over Kipnis straight up? have matt carpenter to slot in at 2B and Arenado would be my IF and possible replacemetn keeper for Beltre

2. mookie BEtts over Zobrist?

3. Addison redd droppable in a 10 tm H2H league to grab skaggs? Have Soria and Perkins for closers. about half the other teams have three closers half have two closers and there are several cloasers on the wire.

I have Cargo and Wacha on the DL and need to decide what to do with Gattis as he’s currently eating a bench spot. Should I simply cut him and pick up either Ramos, Norris, McCann or Castro? Or, hold for a week and then exchange him with Cargo on the DL when he gets off? Thanks in advance…

Grey,
KDAY!!!! Love it, I’ve been calling Khris Davis Kday ’cause I have him and the Not so much anymore”Crush” on a few teams together. Kday clearly winning at this point, especially considering he was undrafted in almost every league. It’s like jacking a guy for his Dayton’s and getting a burger “WITH CHEESE” !

I want to pick up Lincecum for his Sunday start against the Padres but don’t know who to drop between Charlie Morton and Kevin Gausman. Morton would be the obvious candidate, but I don’t like how the news on Gausman is he “could” be recalled and is “available” to start Sunday. Is this kid in the rotation or is he just taking up a spot on my roster?

@Greyismyhero: I drafted Mauer in the 13th round at pick 100. If he duplicated last years stats even in the 113 games I would consider it value. The league I am in also counts walks/obp/slg. I would never draft him in first 3 rounds.Posey was the first catcher taken and he went in round 8 . 8team h2h each cat.

Looking to boost my HR and RBI categories. Have been platooning OF spots between Marte and Pence. Looking at a trade of V-Mart for Pence + Marte. I’m in a 12 team H2H league w/ standard 5×5 except OBP. I’m inclined to do this considering I have Altuve, Andrus, and Polanco, and that Todd Frazier has been getting steals too. I win R and SB almost every week.

I don’t comment much, but have a question today…10 Team Roto 5×5 $260 Keeper, Auction Leauge. I have an embarrassment of riches in the outfield and could use some help, please. I put the $ amount next to players I will keep, or have to consider keeping.

My question is, who should i look to trade this season, as 2 of these guys end up being bench bats, and I would rather add reliever(s). So far, I’ve been unsuccessful trading Springer, but am wary to just drop him.

You know the feeling you get when you wake up early to read Razzball and the first writer isn’t Gray? My first reaction is “On no Gray finally got to big for us!!!” Only to realize…. It’s Saturday. SatuRazz is my submission.

I always imagine certain players (most likely the redneck ones) getting culture shock when they go play in Japan. I feel this will not be case with jose altuve when he plays over there towards the end of his career.

@Grey: yeah keeper league my A Jones, Felix and a 6th round pick (our second round after keepers) for Trout, E5 and a 10th got rejected (he loses both after this year). So I am back to the drawing board.

@Grey: It’s that darn platoon with Weeks that bothers me as Gennett sits against lefties and so far its worked of Milwaukee. Still, even in 2/3rds time play he has been better than Xander. I just know XB will be snatched up soon after being dropped or will decide to hit and steal bases once I cut him.

I’m thinking about dropping Everth in my 14 team h2h. I don’t have DL room for him. I have an opening in the OF and Betts at SS; since Betts will gain OF eligibility before next week I can either pick up an OF or SS. In the long term, I should get Wil Myers back eventually, though that might not be a positive.

Hi Gray nice write as per usual. Want to stream a hitter today I wanted torii hunter HOT has it 20.7 Bedard , but after reading Jay Fo he is loving van slyke at HOT26.7 morales I,m still leaning hunter what do you think ty?

I have an offer standing that would net me Altuve for Polanco. This is a 5 player keeper H2H 10 man league. I locked in Trout, Goldschmidt, and Cutch as 3 of my 5 keepers. Tanaka, Scherzer, Davis, Lucroy, and Polanco are options for the last 2 slots. I don’t think I’d keep Altuve if I traded for him. I currently have Dozier as 2B and he’s awful. Would you make the trade? Roster is C- Lucroy, 1- Goldy, 2- Dozier, 3-Zman, s-Elvis, O-Trout, Cutch, Polanco (Moss and Calhoun backup), U – Davis S (Start 5)-Scherzer, Tanaka, Iwakuma, Latos, Lackey, Cashner, Bailey, Burnett, R- Chapman, Chishek.

Grey — what do you think about trading Marte for Bruce? I’m first in steals in my 12 team mixed roto league — 15 ahead of the number 2 guy and 38 ahead of the number 3 guy. I’d like some more power — Bruce seems like someone who could turn it on in the second half.

so Mostsuckas & Reynolds, who were sharing 3B or Arcia or M Saunders who are now all utility possibilities &/ or bench bats ….need to lose one. Seems one of the extra 3B would be my most likely drops since now they would be primarily just a utility option
(Pujols is pretty much locked in @ CI)

My debate is getting another SP, but then potentially creating a mental block to streaming my last SP slot and keeping Martin as backup in case Dickerson loses PT or Springer just loses all value this year. On the other hand, Martin is basically taking up a roster spot while Wheeler would be rotated in my rotation and he is a potential keeper at $1.

As a disclaimer, I’m hopelessly out of of contention in my 10-team H2H Keeper League and have been accumulating younger upside players, in addition to draft picks, in preparation for my glorious return to fantasy prominence next season. I recently acquired Rizzo, Teheran and a 6th round pick for V-Mart, C. Davis, Kipnis and Richards. That leaves me with a group of McCutchen, Harper, Cargo, Rizzo, Machado and Arenado (great pre-season call by the way) to consider for four hitting keeper spots (no restrictions). McCutchen and Harper aren’t going anywhere, but considering each of the other four hitters carry their own values position-wise, and as trade chips, who would you tie your bollard too as of right now? I’d be looking to deal the other two to contenders for either draft picks or a potential pitching upgrade (i.e., I have Sale, Teheran and Wacha to choose from for two keeper pitching spots).

I appreciate your feedback, and as always, I thoroughly enjoy your daily posts and insight. Have a great weekend.

@Grey: That’s what I was thinking. I always worry about Cargo (i.e., injuries, general wimp-like qualities, etc.) but he will fetch me something good once he gets off the DL. I have no problem letting him go. The Arenado/Machado question gets more difficult. I have time, so will just see how things play out between the two, but yes, I would choose Arenado over Machado going forward. Thanks bro…

better deal (assuming they are all good for me). i have wright
1. wright for bailey (maybe with bauer thrown in)
2. wright and porcello for zimmerman (if this isn’t enough i could try wright and porcello for sale, but that almost certainly won’t work)

@Grey: Yeah, Oaktown is fine. I checked in with him last week cause he hasn’t been active in the FCL recently. He’s just really busy right now and doesn’t have much time to spare for fantasy stuff. He should be back around the message boards in the near future.

I’ve been reading the roundups on most days. Just don’t have time to comment much anymore. Great work as always. I’ve been working on the house in my spare time cause it’ll be on the market in the next week or two (moving for work within 90 days). I’ll be around this weekend though to spam your buy/sell once again!

Nice on OTS… Good luck with the house shizz… MasterChef is about all I have left that I’m watching with GOT and other shows in hiatus… I’m thinking it’s going to come down to Courtney, Big Willie, the Crazy British Guy and the Asian girl… I’m pulling for Willie, but think CBG might pull it off…

@Grey: Thanks. Moving is a pain in the ass. I can’t wait until this whole thing is over with.

It’s definitely slim pickings on TV in the summertime. Have you seen Cutthroat Kitchen? I usually DVR those. Pretty funny stuff most of the time.

You like the Flock of Seagulls guy? Hmmm…. maybe. I thought that he was a flash in the pan at first, but he’s come up with some good stuff recently. The Asian girl seems to know what she’s doing, but I think her inexperience might trip her up during one of these challenges. I’m not sure that Big Willie has the chops to go all the way. He probably would’ve went home this week if the other guy hadn’t grabbed the wrong panna cotta. Christian is in the mix too. Same with the video game dude with the tats. It’s basically a total crapshoot.

Alton Brown annoys the crap out of me (and Joe Bastianich doesn’t bother me, go figure)… If you have Netflix, there’s stuff to watch, but network is dead air… Oh, yeah, video game guy isn’t bad either… Willie just seems like good TV and someone they might want to give it to, I don’t think he’s the best person there, necessarily… Asian girl seems too inexperienced too, but they seem to like saying how young she is…

@Grey: I can see that about Alton. He’s a weird dude, but he seems to fit well in that environment. In other stuff? Not so much. I caught a couple of episodes of Food Network Star and it was like one of those Highlights magazine “which of these things doesn’t belong?” type of deals. Giada still looks good though.

I forgot about the other Francis. He looks like one of the frontrunners too.

We’re going to a nice dinner tomorrow night at The Parker in Palm Springs, but no plans otherwise…Hang out by the pool… Answer comments from my chaise lounge chair… Food Network Star has lost all credibility because none of these people or past winners barring Guy are at all decent… Cowboy guy will prolly win, but he’s a joke…

in a league with 6 keepers and i already have arenado/b.hamilton/braun/rizzo/freeman/desmond/r.zimmerman/bumgarner i’m assuming i shouldn’t worry about dropping bogaerts over miller to activate arenado today

oh my shit, this rule in espn is such b.s. i think i have a trade in place for either opp’s sale or zimmerman for my wright + porcello. but it won’t let me send this offer since arenado shouldn’t be in DL slot. this trade MAKES ROOM FOR THAT! Now i have to drop Bauer or milone and hope nobody picks them up till i can reaquire. stupid shit. i think in yahoo you can get the comish to allow things like this since post trade the roster will be fine.

@Malicious Phenom: i know to trade for Sale (or zimmerman if Sale is no go), the question was to risk losing bauer or milone while passing the deal through. 16 teamer and if one of those go away it’s back to the kendrick’s of the world. buchanon’s and such. eck

@goodfold2: just noticing in this league that bauer is ranked as the 157th SP (just ahead of matt cain hehe). even though he didn’t start for a long time. he’s probably the safer drop. now just gotta wait for other owner to answer emails.

my friend will do wright for bailey str up. his offense is horrible. i would drop bauer to do this. is that better than my wright + porcello for zimmerman (or sale, but likely not sale)? bailey would become 8th keeper (along with anabelle as other SP keeper)

after taking last week off (and getting walked about 8 times or more in 5 games played with 1 total base) Goldy is BACK! in other funny news that owner i tried to trade casilla/2nd closer of mine/lind for betances/arenado (this guy owns romo) finds it insulting that i offered that. that i can understand. but it’s funny he would think anyone would consider him anything other than a moron (or absentee owner, which i had to check with comish since he didn’t answer first email after 3 days and sent a 2nd one) since he’s STILL starting moreland (isn’t very good, hasn’t played since June 7th, and is likely out for ROS) in active roster slot.

@Grey: yeah, i mentioned that, that i wasn’t trying to be insulting, but how would he view the intelligence of somebody who leaves moreland in for almost a month hurt? also that of course my first offer would be the best one for me. i said i could move ANY of my closers, not just nathan with casilla. turns out he needs holds more than me and it probably actually benefits his roster to have romo be a holds guy. i’ll shop my closers elsewhere and keep casilla i suppose (he’s been very good all year of course)

Ive been to san Francisco. There are a a lot of homeless people, but by far the highest paid bum is named madison. …. way to protect my .96 era and .73 whip for the week. …. im trading you for matt garza..I hope you read this.

Man Grey I spit water on my IPad with that Leonys blurb… Damn you Siri!
Watching the O’s Rangers game and Pearce is on fuego .. Can he keep this up? I’m wondering if I should drop Calhoun since he isn’t starting every day… Or should I just hold my horses

I was reading your conversation with Magoo and I agree on Next Food Network Star, they should call it Next Food Network Canceled Show. Who picks these people? I do like watching the Worst Cooks with my daughter. She overs her worst cookers. You still watching Chopped? I can handle that because I’m done with the people in an hour and never have to see most of them again.

Ted likes Chopped, so I watch it sometimes… It’s good because you can watch it from anywhere in the show and don’t need to watch the whole thing… Totally on Next Food Star… Star, ha, what a joke…. Worth Cooks is the best show they have…

guessing it’s not a bad idea to simply bench keuchel for tomorrow to see if his wrist thing makes him suck or not? if he really sucks he might be the drop over mchugh? i have enough more starts this week over opp to win K’s easily anyway, but i am worried about picking up losses. i lose those almost every week and this week i’m barely winning them while also winning whip but not ERA (but Gray’s made it closer). i’m dropping Harrison for Milone’s start and don’t need Miller as Scooter backup for a few more days in that roster spot.